Þe toure vp þe tofte quod she  truthe is þere-ininneM.1.12: Originally the scribe wrote innne, corrected by erasing the first two minims. See Introduction III.1. .

M.1.13KD.1.13

And wolde þat ȝye wrouȝten  as his worde techeþ .

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For he is fadur of faiþ  fourmed ȝyow alle

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Boþe with fel and with face  and ...yafȝyow fyue wittes

M.1.16KD.1.16

Forto wuorshupe hym þerewith  þe while þat ȝye ben here .

M.1.17KD.1.17

And herforeM.1.17: In place of herfore all other B manuscripts read þerfore. he hiȝte þe erthe  to helpe ȝyow echone

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Of wollen of lynnen  of lyflode at nede .

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In mesurable manere  to make ȝyow at ese .

# iij thingis in Comon

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And comaunded of his curtesie  in comune þre þinges

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Arn non nedful but þo  and nempne hem I thinke .

+ ȝe

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And rekkene hem by resoun  reherce .yeM.1.22: M's original reading without a pronoun here agreed with GY. M's altered reading of ye agrees with HmCrOC2F. Other B manuscripts read þow. The correction was first written in the margin as ȝe, and this insertion was presumably so spelled, and later revised in line with the spelling corrector's usual form. hem aftur .

Mesure is medycyne þouȝ.M.1.37: The punctus elevatus, placed at the wrong point in the line, is inserted over an erasure. þou muche ȝyerne

M.1.38KD.1.36

It is nouȝt al go..od to þe goost  þat þe gutte axeþ .

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Ne liflode to þi likam  ...?...þat lief is to þe souleM.1.39: M originally shared the omission (through eyeskip on likam) of this b-verse and the following a-verse with WHmCL.

M.1.40KD.1.38

Leue not þi likam  for a liere hym techeþM.1.40: The line is inserted with a red cross and line in the right margin. The end of the last word has been lost in the binding.
This same line, in smaller script and marked with a black cross, is erased immediately following in the margin. The omission
of the line was apparently noted in one effort and formally addressed in another.

M.1.41KD.1.39

Þat is þe wrecchede worlde  wolde þe bitraye

+

M.1.42KD.1.40

For þe fende and þi flessh  folweþ þe togaidre .

M.1.43KD.1.41

This and þat s...eeþM.1.43: This alteration occurs at a point where B manuscripts are especially diverse in their readings. Seeth, sees, seiþ, seest, sueth, sewe, and sleth are all attested. þeM.1.43: All other B manuscripts read þi. Kane and Donaldson record the <e> as written over an erasure, but this does not seem to be the case. soule  and saithM.1.43: M's reading of saith is unique among B manuscripts, which attest a wide variety of readings. it in þin herte

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And for þou shuldeste ben war  I wisse ..thetheM.1.44: The correction the is written over the line and then erased and inserted within the line. þe .beste

And þimage isM.1.52: M's reading of is is not shared by other B manuscripts, though among A manuscripts ChLE include is. The other B manuscripts which have a form of be here, W and F, read was. ylike  þat þere-inne stondeþ .

M.1.53KD.1.51

Cesares þei saide  we seen hym wel echone .

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RedditeM.1.54: The scribe initially began this line immediately following M.1.53, but realized he wished to leave a blank line before he
completed the first graph. The partially completed <R> is still visible in the space separating strophes. Cesari quod god  þat Cesari bifalleth .

M.1.55KD.1.53

Et que sunt dei deo . or elles ȝye doon ille .

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For riȝtful resoun  shulde reule ȝyow alle .

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And kynde witte be wardein  ȝyowre welthe to kepe .

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And tutour of ȝyoure treso..r  and take it ȝyow at nede

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For housbondrie and hij  holden to-gadre .

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Þanne I fraynede heire faire  for hym þat h.ire made

M.1.61KD.1.59

Þat dongoun in þe dale  þat dredful is inM.1.61: M's reading of in is unique among B manuscripts, most of which read of. siȝte

And who-so passethdM.1.106: The erased reading passeth is an A text reading adopted by Kane and Donaldson against the reading passed of all the B manuscripts. They do not note that M is rewritten. See next note. þat poyn....t  isM.1.106: The word is, written over an illegible erasure, is the reading of YOC2 and A manuscripts. Other B manuscripts have was. See previous note.Apostata in þordre .

nota

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But crist kyngene kynge  knyȝted ten

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Cherubin .....and seraphin  suche seuene and on oþur .

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And ȝyaf hem miȝte in his mageste  þe murger hem þouȝte .

M.1.110KD.1.108

And ouere his mene maynee  made hem archangeles

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Tauȝte hem by þe trinite  truþe to knowe .

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To be buxuome at his biddynge  he bad hem nouȝte elles

the Fall off luceffer

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Lucifer with legionus  lernede it in heuene

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But for he brake buxuomnesse  his blisse gan he tyne

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And fel fro þat felash.ype  in a feendus likknesse

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In-to a depe derke helle  to dwelle þere for euere 

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And mo þousandes with hym  þanne — man couthe nombre

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Lopen out wiþ lucifer  in lothliche fourme .

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For þei leueden vp-on hym  þat lied in þis manere

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Ponam pedem in aquilone . & similis ero altissimo .

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And alle þat hopud it miȝte be so  no..on heuene miȝte hem holde

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But fellen out in feendus likkenesse  nyne dayes to-gydres .

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Til god of his goodnesse  gan stablen and stynte .

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And garte þe heuene to steke  and stonden in quiete .

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Whanne þise wikk.ed wente out  wonderwise þey f.ellen

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Somme in þerthe somme in þe eire  and somme in helle depe .

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Ac lucifer lowest  lithe of hem alle .

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For Pride þat he putte oute  his payne haþ none ende .

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And alle þat worcheþ with wronge wenden ...þei shullen

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Aft.er hire deþ-day  and dwelle with þat shrewe

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Ac þo þat worcheþ wel  as holy w...ryt telleþ

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And enden as I hereeerM.1.132: M's erased reading agreed with G, but this is a spurious agreement since the reviser is correcting M's spelling of er as again at M.1.135. See Introduction IV.1.2.7. saide  in truthe þat is beste /